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The Observer Variation of Shear Wave Elastography

NCT02022319 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 72

Last updated 2016-04-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Background: The main goal of diagnosing thyroid nodules is to differentiate the few malignant from the large background of benign lesion. Currently available pre-operative tests are unable to rule out malignancy in a subset of patients and diagnostic surgery is necessary. Therefore there is a need to develope the available diagnostic tools for the pre-operative diagnostic work-up of thyroid nodules.

The study will investigate a novel ultrasonographic technique called Shear Wave Elastography (SWE) in the pre-operative evaluation of thyroid nodules.

Hypothesis:

1\) SWE is a precise tool for evaluation of thyroid nodules in terms of inter- and intra-observer reliability and day-to-day variation.

The study will be conducted as part of a larger PhD study, and an evaluation of the diagnostic value of thyroid SWE will be evaluated in a larger study.

Perspectives:

An optimization of the pre-operative risk-stratification and diagnosis of thyroid nodules can reduce unnecessary thyroid surgery, with a reduction in morbidity and better use of the economic and surgical resources.

Conditions

  • Thyroid Nodular Disease

Interventions

DEVICE

Ultrasonographic Shear Wave Elastography

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Aarhus

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-11-30
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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